Portraitist Inspirational Quotes (4)

Paint what you see and look with your own eyes.

What a business is this of a portrait painter! You bring him a potato and expect he will paint you a peach.

Fools talk of imitation and copying, all is imitation

Many a real genius is lost in the fictitious character of the Gentleman. I am the most inconsistent, changeable being so full of fits and starts.